Lake Christine Cottington Lakes Fishery

An idyllic and beautifully set-out carp pool, Lake Christine is a typical carp angler’s dream and, despite being about three-and-a-half acres in size, it never becomes overcrowded or overfished because the water is limited to six anglers at any one time – a feature which makes advance booking a good idea.

Depths vary between four feet in the bay at the entrance to the water by the car park (above), which is always worth a try, to just over six feet in other parts of the water. With several bays and two islands there are plenty of features to fish to, although it always pays to spend a little time on the bankside looking for the fish and watching where they are patrolling or feeding.

Christine Lake holds a good head of common and mirror carp to over 30lbs plus grass carp into double figures. The lake record now stands at an impressive 39lbs.